Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 113
Verse 21 of 74

Holding Sky and Earth Apart

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
pa-orhee.
Pauree:
ਅੰਬਰੁ ਧਰਤਿ ਵਿਛੋੜਿਅਨੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਚਾ ਅਸਰਾਉ ॥
ambar Dharat vichhorhi-an vich sachaa asraa-o.
They sky and the earth are separate, but the True Lord supports them from within.
ਘਰੁ ਦਰੁ ਸਭੋ ਸਚੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਵਿਚਿ ਸਚਾ ਨਾਉ ॥
ghar dar sabho sach hai jis vich sachaa naa-o.
True are all those homes and gates, within which the True Name is enshrined.
ਸਭੁ ਸਚਾ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਉ ॥
sabh sachaa hukam varatdaa gurmukh sach samaa-o.
The Hukam of the True Lord's Command is effective everywhere. The Gurmukh merges in the True Lord.
ਸਚਾ ਆਪਿ ਤਖਤੁ ਸਚਾ ਬਹਿ ਸਚਾ ਕਰੇ ਨਿਆਉ ॥
sachaa aap takhat sachaa bahi sachaa karay ni-aa-o.
He Himself is True, and True is His throne. Seated upon it, He administers true justice.
ਸਭੁ ਸਚੋ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਅਲਖੁ ਲਖਾਈ ॥੬॥
sabh sacho sach varatdaa gurmukh alakh lakhaa-ee. ||6||
The Truest of the True is all-pervading everywhere; the Gurmukh sees the unseen. ||6||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

The One set the sky and the earth apart, and holds them up from within.

Every home and every doorway is true where the True Naam lives.

The True One's flow of existence works everywhere. The one who follows the Guru merges into the True One.

The One is true, and the throne is true. Sitting there, the One does true justice.

The Truest of the true is everywhere. The one who follows the Guru sees the One no eye can see.

The same One holding the sky and earth apart is holding you.
The deeper layer

The invisible support that holds sky and earth in their places becomes a picture of the True Name, which makes true any home or heart that holds it. Hukam works everywhere, and the Gurmukh sees the unseen, a spiritual seeing given by grace rather than earned by looking harder.

A Question to Sit With

What holds things together that you cannot see?

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa·How we use AI

About this shabad →
Use ← → to navigate